Furring and fastening device



Feb. 26, 1929.

.J. L. SULLIVAN FURRING AND FASTENING DEVICE Filed Dec. 26, 1923INVENTOR. J4. Jazz/m7} Patented F eb. 26, 1929.

JOHN L. SULLIVAN, ,OFOA'KLAND, CALIFOBNIA.

,FUBRING AND FASTENIN G DEVICE,

Application filed December 26, 1923. Serial No. 682,835.

My invention relatesjto a device for p0- sitioning and securingplastering netting,

or the like, in spaced relation to thesheath- 7 ingor wall of abuilding. More particular-v ly, the device is of thetype patented bymeon November 14, 1922, and comprisinga fur-.

ring member which is slidably and frictionally held on a fasteningmember and arranged to cooperate with a pI0]eCl310I1"0I1 the latter togrip the netting wire after the device has been driven into position. I

An object of the invention is to provide a fastener of the characterdescribed which will grip the netting with a resilient pressure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterdescribed which is extremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture. g

The invention possesses other objects and features of advanta e, some ofwhich, with the foregoing, .will e set forth in the followingdescription of the preferred form of my invention which is illustrated.in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. Itis to be understood that I do not limit myself to the. showing made bythe said drawings and'd'escription, as I may adopt variations of thepreferred form within the scopevof my invention as set forth in theclaims.

Referring to said drawings: H Figure 1 is a vertical section through aportion of a wall showing the devices positioned thereon before andafter being driven into place. 7

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a wall fragment showing thenettingsecured by one of the devices. i Figure 3 is a perspective view of thedevice. a

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the device showing a slightly modifiedform of the fastener. v

The device of my invention, as illustrated in Figures 1 to 3, comprisesa fastening member 6 having a shank 7 provided with a point 9 at one'endand a wire'engaging offset portion 10ladjacent the other end. The offsetportion 10 is provided at its end with a depending projection 12, thelower end of such projection being indicated by 19.

Slidably carried by and frictionally held on the shank is a wire spacingmember 13 encircling the shank. In the present embodiment the fasteneris in the form of a wire strands resting in the notch .22.

helical spring, the coils 14 ofwhich are normally spaced apart. Themember 13 is pri-:

marily carriedvon the shank in close proximity to the point 9, but afterthe device isplaced on the wall and the fastener, driven home, thespacer will lie adjacent the head end of the shank with one or morestrands of the wire netting 21 gripped between the spacing member andthe offset portion 10..

The end of the spacing member'nearest the point of the shankv isprovided with a transversely extending portion 7 161 which: is

adapted to bear against the wall 17 when the device is arranged on thewall. The

other end of the spacingmember'is pr ovided with a loop extension 18 inwhich the pointed extremity 19 of the depending projection 12 is adaptedto engage when the fastener is driven into place. A notch 22 ispreferably formed in the wire adjacent the base of the loop for thereception of the Wire strands.

To apply the device, it is primarily 'inserted through the wire nettingsothat the spacer will lie between the sheathing 24.0r

paper 25 and the netting, with one or morefastener is then driven intothe sheathing so that the offset portion 10 will be forced The againstthe wire whereby the latter will be seated and held in the crotch. Withthe members thus positioned, the extremity 19' will be inserted in theloop .18 and relative rotation of the spacing member with respectfo'rceis supplied to cause a permanentcom pression' of the spacerspring. In thismanjuring the netting. In actual practice the spring isusually compressed to the limit.

Thus it will be clear that not only will the to the fastening member isprevented. In V drivingthe fastener in position, a .suflicient nettingbe effectively held, but itwill be uniformly positioned in spaced.relation from the'sheathing. I

In the device as illustrated to 3 the projection ,12 of the fastener ispointed in its outer end and is made of such 1 length that itwillproject into the sheathing in Figures 1 I when the fastener is driven inplace. In the device as illustrated in Figure 4, the foregoing featureis dispensed with.

I claim: 1. In a'device of the character described,

a fastening member comprising a shank having an offset portion forengaging plastering netting, and a spacing member comprising a coil ofwire frictionally and slidably held on said shank adapted to cooperatewith said offset portion to hold said netting therebetween.

2. In a device of the character described, a fastening member comprisinga shank having a point at one end and an offset portion at the other endadapted for engaging plastering netting, and a spacing member comprisinga wire coiled about said shank and provided with an extensionadapted'for cooperation with said offset portion to hold the plasteringnetting therebetween.

3. In a device of the character described, a fastening member comprisinga shank having a point at one end and an offset portion adjacent theother end, said offset portion having a depending projection, and aspacing member adapted to cooperate with said ofi'set portion to holdplastering netting therebetween and con'iprising a wire coiled aboutsaid shank and slidabiy and friction ally held thereon, and a loopextension of said wire extending transversely of said shank adapted toreceive said depending projection offset portion when the netting isengaged between said first extension and the spacing member.

4. In a device of the character described, a fastening member comprisinga shank having apoint at one end and a wire engaging offset portionadjacent the other end, and a spacing member slidably and frictionallyheld on said shank adapted to cooperate with said offset portionto holda wire therebetween and arranged to be compressed longitudinally on saidshank.

5. In a device of the character described, a fastening member comprisinga shank having a wire engaging offset portion adjacent an end thereof,and a spacing member slidably carried by said fastening member arrangedto cooperate with said offset portion to hold a Wire therebetween andcomprising a helical spring encircling said shank and normally havingthe coils spaced from each other.

6. In a device of the character described,

a fastening member comprising a shank having a wire engaging offset witha depending pro ection, and a spacing member comprising a coil of wirefrictionally and slidably held on said shank, said spacing memher havingan extension formed with a loop, the depending projection being providedwith a part to enter the loop of the extension of the spacingmember, V

7. In a device of the character described, a fastening, member,comprising a I shank having a point at one end and a Wire engagingoffset portion adjacent the other end,

and a spacing member slidably held on said shank and compressible in adirection parallel to said shank, said wire engaging offsetportion'adapted to cooperate with said spacing member to hold a wiretherebetween, and said spacing member adapted to be compressed upondriving said shank into a support and when so compressed exerting apressure outwardly against said wire engaging offset portion.

8. In a device of the character described, a fastening member comprisinga shank having a point at oneend and a wire engaging oiiset portionadjacent the other end,- and a'spacing member slidably held on saidshank and compressible in a direction parallel to said shank, said wireengaging offset portion adapted to cooperate with said spacing member tohold ahwire therebetween, and said spacing member adapted to becompressed upon driving said shank into a support and when so compressedexerting a pressure outwardly against said wire engaging offset portion,said offset portion being provided with a depending projection adaptedto assist in holding a wire on said spacing member adjacent said" shankof the fastening member.

9. In a device of the character a fastening member comprising a shankhaving a netting engaging offset portion thereon, and a spacing memberformed of wire normally carried by said shank to resist removaltherefrom, said spacing member described a being provided with aprojection lying in spaced relation to said offset portion, said spacingmember adapted to be moved on said shank to bring said projectioninto'cooperative relation with said offset portion to hold nettingtherebetween, said spacing member having a transversely extendingprojection at its lower end adapted to bear against a support when saidshank is driven therein.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto" set my hand at Oakland,California, this 30th day of November, 1923.

JOHN L. SULLIVAN.

